Short Lecture IRU on New Traffic Trends in the World and on Digital Tachograph System
Held on 18th April, 2012
At Conference Hall, Admin Block, UET Taxila

A short lecture was arranged by the Chairman Department of Civil Engineering on the new Traffic trends in the world on 18th april 2012. the delegate from International Road Transport Union “IRU” was invited to deliver the lecture. Mr Hayder Ozkan was the guest speaker and gave briefing about the Road Transport Facilitation for Efficient Economy and Social Welfare. He also put light on the IRU strategy to achieve sustainable development. In this regard, the TIR System and TIR Convention was briefly described with different strategies like Black Sea Ring Highway Caravan 2007 and IRU-ECO Silk Road Travel Caravan 2010 studies. He also told the participants about IRU Model Highway Initiative (IRU-MHI).

Also a presentation on the Digital tachograph system was given to the audience. The Digital Tachograph automatically records the travel time and other records of the drivers. This can be later on accessed and analysed by using the computer programmes.
Digital Tachograph have been made mandatory in European Continent for all the relevant vehicles manufactured after 2005. The Tachograph records the travel time and other records of the drivers. It is a useful tool for checking and regulating the mobility and behavior of the drivers including their travel time and driving pattern.
At the end the delegate members were presented insignia shields and were thanked by the UET officials for sharing their knowledge about the latest trends in traffic engineering.